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About 900 of the best high school wrestlers across Colorado come together for the biggest tournament of the season.

The 2016 State Wrestling Championships take place at the Pepsi Center Thursday through Saturday, where teams and individuals look to put themselves in the history books with a state title.

There are many headlines going into state wrestling once again this year. For the third straight year, a wrestler will go for four consecutive individual state titles. A number of teams will be in the running for the team state title in all classifications as well.

Morgan County will also have a number of storylines to watch for. Fort Morgan has a two-time state champion coming back to try for a third, and a number of wrestlers will face a strong field and try to get on the medal podium.

Fort Morgan

The Mustangs are sending five athletes to the state tournament, and two of them are the top seeds in their weight classes.

Toby McBride and Alex Mai made it to the championship match last year for the Mustangs, with McBride winning the title at 220 pounds and Mai finishing second at 195. Both have moved up a weight class this year and picked up where they left off last year. Mai is 28-2 and McBride is 25-0.

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If McBride can win the state title, he will become the first three-time state champion in Fort Morgan history. Should the top two seeds battle for the championship, McBride would face last year's champion at 285 in Jacob Robles of Pueblo East. The two met at the Top of the Rockies tournament, and McBride won that first meeting.

Mai will also be a favorite to reach the championship match but could face two daunting tasks in the semifinals and championship. Kenny Jones of Silver Creek is 37-2 and the No. 4 seed, and Aron Pino Valenzuela of Littleton is undefeated at 29-0 and the No. 2 seed. In addition to two potential tough matches later, the bracket for class 4A at 220 pounds has 15 upperclassmen, so the experience from others in the field will be a factor.

Frank Rosales returns after placing sixth at 152 pounds a year ago. Now up to 160, he will be the seven seed and take on Semaj Spencer (25-13) of Mountain View. If he wins the first round match, Rosales could have a rematch with Zac Baker (34-2) of Cheyenne Mountain in the quarterfinals. The two wrestled twice at state last year and Baker won both matchups in the quarterfinals and the fifth place match.

In addition to having all three placers returning, the Mustangs send two new wrestlers to the state meet this year. Kaleb Bell will compete at 170 pounds as the No. 12 seed and face Chase Daniels of Golden (35-5) in his first match. Dylan McBride was given the No. 10 seed and will face Easton Cecil of Valor Christian, who enters the tournaments with a 32-2 record.

Brush

The Brush Beetdiggers will be sending the most wrestlers from Morgan County once again this year with six state competitors. There are no returning state champions, and only Arnoldo Maltos-Garcia competed at state last year and returns in 2016, but the younger team plans to still make plenty of noise this week.

The four Wiggins wrestlers competing at the state tournament, from left to right: David Nance, Dillon Donaghy, Cameron Holm, Marc Barkdoll. (Brandon Boles / Fort Morgan Times)

Caleb Cox (33-7, So.) is the highest seeded Beetdigger following his first place efforts at the regional tournament in Eaton last weekend. Cox will be the No. 4 seed and go up against Aaron Gonzales (11-13, Fr.) of Mullen in the first round. Gonzales is the only wrestler in the field with a record below .500, so it will be a tough road to get to the championship round.

Maltos-Garcia (35-7, Sr.) will also face a wrestler with a losing record in the first round, going up against Chance Falk (14-16, So.) of Platte Valley. His road to the state title will also be a tough one as he could have to defeat each of the top three seeds in the field for the title.

The remaining four Beetdiggers are seeded in the bottom half of their brackets. Wyatt Pfau (34-7, Fr.) is the No. 9 seed at 126 pounds and will take on Rodney Atencio (27-10, So.) of Dolores Huerta in the first round. Oswaldo Nunez (18-9, Fr.), the No. 13 seed at 120 pounds, takes on another first timer at the state tournament in Matthew Broughton (25-14, Fr.) of Montezuma-Cortez. At 160 pounds, Jeron Petterson (19-20, Jr.) will face Hayden Johnson (37-6, So.) of Steamboat Springs as the No. 14 seed. Rounding out the field for the Beetdiggers is Andrew Guzman (11-12, Jr.) at 285 pounds taking on the top seed, Sam De Seriere (36-2, Jr.) of Mullen.

With three fewer competitors at state than a year ago, the Beetdiggers may not be in the running for a team title this year after taking second a year ago.

Wiggins

The Wiggins Tigers doubled the number of state competitors this year, sending four athletes to the tournament. None of the four went last year, but some do have experience in the tournament from prior years.

Dillon Donaghy (21-13, Sr.) will get to close out his high school wrestling career at state. He will also get a chance to spoil history in his first round match with TJ Shelton (38-1, Sr.) of Meeker at 170 pounds. Shelton is the wrestler going for four state titles this weekend and will be followed very closely by all in attendance.

Cameron Holm (31-12, Jr.) and David Nance (17-16, Jr.) both will face tough first round matches and could potentially square off with one of the top wrestlers in the field should they win. Holm is the No. 10 seed and will face Colton Hall (33-8, Jr.) of Hotchkiss first at 126 pounds. A win could lead him to a showdown with Anthony Quintana (36-0, So.) of Buena Vista in the quarterfinals. Quintana is one of five wrestlers in all of class 2A to come into state undefeated. Nance faces No. 8 seed Camryn Baumgardner (21-14, Jr.) of Del Norte, with the winner on a potential collision course with top seed Keegan Wentz (37-1, Sr.) of Buena Vista in the quarterfinals.

Making his debut at the state tournament for the Tigers is Marc Barkdoll (23-12, Fr.). The freshman made a big impression for the Tigers at 106 pounds and will come to state as the No. 9 seed. He will face a fellow newcomer in Brady Blinzinger (14-10, Fr.) of Sanford in the first round. The winner could see last year's champion and top seed Jacob Rodriguez (36-3, Jr.) of Rocky Ford.

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